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SHOWING DESCENT FROM JOIIN KINGDON OF COLERIDGE, 

COUNTY DEVON, ENGLAND, ESQUIRE (1596), A CADET 

OP THE HOUSE OF KYNGDON OF TREHUNSEY, 

QUETHIOCK, COUNTY CORNWALL 

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THE KINGDON ARMS 

Burke in his History oj the Commoners, 1S36, vol. ii., pp. 211-13, asserts that "Kingdon 
of Launcells" bears the ancient arms of Kingdon of Trehunsey, co. Cornwall, quartered 
with the ancient arms of Boughton. The right to the Boughton quartering was obtained 
by the marriage of Richard Kingdon, Esq., to Rebecca, dau. and heiress of Rev. George 
Boughton. Richard Kingdon 's oldest brother. Rev. John Kingdon, also married an 
heiress, Jane, daughter of Rev. John Hockin; and Burke declares in a footnote that "the 
branch of the Kingdon family descended from the marriage of the Rev. John Kingdon 
with Jane, daughter of Rev. John Hockin, quarters the Hockin arms with those of King- 
don." Burke also cites at length from Gilbert's Historical Survey of Cornwall what pur- 
ports to be a lengthy extract from the grant of the Hockin arms. These facts were placed 
before the College of Arms, London, eliciting the reply following: 

College of Arms, London E. C. 
Sir:— 11 Jan 1905 

In reply to your letter of the 19th Dec. received this week I have to say that the family 
of Kingdon descrilied in Burke's Hist, of the Conmioners, vol. 2, p. 211, is not recorded 
in the official books. 

The paragraph extracted from the grant to Hockin appears to be extracted from 
the Registered Grant. 

There being no recorded pedigree of Kingdon, I am unable to state whether there 
exist persons who would be entitled to quarter Hockin if they had arms recorded for 
Kingdon. . . . 

I have the honor to be 

Your Obt. Set. 

W. A. LiNDSEY 

Frank Allaben, Esq. (Kc. Windsor Herald) 

A further report was subsequently communicated as follows: 

College of Arms, London E. C. 
Frank Allaben, Esq. 21 Feb 1905 

Dear Sir: — In reply to your letter of the ith inst. I have to report. 

1. That the family of Kingdon descriljed in Burke's History of the Commoners, vol. 
2, p. 211, is not on record. 

2. So precise a statement as that given by Burke certainly implies that the family 
of Kingdon does represent the family of Hockin mentioned. 

3. The arms mentioned as those of Hockin are on record. 

The passage purporting to be quoted from the grant of arms to Hockin is inaccurate, 
and as the original grant mentions several genealogical facts I have had an exact copy 
made of it which I enclose. 

The arms given for Kingdon in Burke's Commoners are, Argt a chevron sable between 
3 magpies proper. They are attributed to Kingdon of Launcells, Cornwall, in the best 
ordinary of British Arms, that of Papworth, on page 399. He gives as authority Pentyer 
Harleian MSS. 1404 146, which is of course in the British Museum. They quarter Bough- 
ton — Sable, three crescents or — also given in Papworth, p. 600, without any authority. 

The result of all this is that probalily there existed at one time a family of Kingdon 
having the arms given in Burke, but it has not been recorded. We have therefore no 

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10 KINGDON-GOULD 

official knowledge that any living person of the name, or any person who has lived in the 
last 400 years has or had right to the arms. There is no pedigree showing that a Kingdon 
married a Hockin. 

Believe me, Yours faithfully, 

W. A. Lindsay. 

Thus, while no Kingdon pedigree is on record in the College of Arms, Burke and 
Papworth, with the authorities they cite, are authority for the right of Kingdon of Laun- 
cells to the ancient arms of Kingdon of Trehunsey, which brings the same authority in 
support of the right of the descendants of Rev. John Kingdon and Jane Hockin to the 
same arms, as George Boughton Kingdon of Launeells, Esq., was the nephew of the Rev. 
John Kingdon who married Jane Hockin. The copy of the grant of the Hockin arms 
sent by Mr. Lindsay is as follows: 

TO ALL AND SINGULAR, to whom these Presents shall come Stephen Martin 
Leake, Esquire, Garter Principal King of Arms & Sir Charles Townley, Knt. Clarenceux 
King of Arms of the South, East and West Parts of England from the River Trent South- 
wards send Greeting: WHEREAS those ancient Badges or Ensigns of Gentility commonly 
called or Known by the name of Arms have heretofore been and still are continued to te 
conferred upon deserving Persons to distinguish them from the Common Sort of People 
who neither can or may pretend to use them without lawful authority. AND WHEREAS 
John Hockin, Clerk, Master of Arts, Vicar of Oakhampton, Rector of Lydford, in the County 
of Devon, and Chaplain to the Right Honorable George Lord Lyttleton hath represented 
unto the Right Honorable Henry Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire Deputy with the Royal 
Approbation, to the Most Noble Edward Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshall and Hereditary 
Marshal of England, That he is the only Son of Thomas Hockin of Caduscott in the parish 
of Liskeard and County of Cornwall, Gentleman by Miriam his Wife, Daughter of James 
Ellis of Camborn in the said County and grandson of John Hockin of Godrevy in the Parish 
of Gwythian and County of Cornwall, aforesaid, and that he is desirous of having a Coat 
of Arms and Crest granted which may allude to the following Event in his Family: In Time 
of War with France, at the Beginning of Queen Anne's Reign a large French Privateer 
cruising in the Bristol Channel came to an Anchor off an Estate called Godrevey then in 
Possession of John Hockin his grandfather before mentioned who was one of the principal 
Inhabitants of the parish, and it being conjectured that the Privateer's Intent was to 
send in her boat to plunder the House, which stood alone, and carry off the Cattle from 
the estate; The said John Hockin and his Family were alarmed and collected their Friends 
and Neighbours to Keep Watch that Night on the Cliff or Beach. At Daybreak they all 
dispersed, thinking the Danger over, but just as Thomas Hockin his Father aforesaid, 
then a young man, was getting into Bed another Person whose Fears had led him out more 
than once to take a View, came in a great Hurry and told him that a Boat full of Men was 
making for the Shore as fast as they could row, on which the said Thomas Hockin slipped 
on his Clothes and catching up a Gun and a Pole to feign the appearance of another, ran 
out and down a steep hill to the Sea in sight of the Boat, from whence he was fired at several 
Times, then got behind a Rock, which served him as a Breast work, and from thence with 
his one Gun only fired on the Boat with so much Vigour and Effect as to prevent the Crew's 
landing, and at last make them turn about and row back again to their Ship as fast as they 
could; for preserving the memory of this brave action or rather Providential Deliverance, 
The said John Hockin did request his Lordship's Warrant for our devising, granting and 
assigning to him and his Descendants & to the Descendants of his said father Thomas 
Hockin, his Brothers and their Descendants such Arms and Crest as may allude to the 
above Event, and be lawfully borne by Him and Them; and that the same with his Family 
No such Pedigree maybe register'd with the Gentry of this Kingdom in the Heralds 
pedigree Office. And forasmuch as His Lordship duly considering the Premises did 
registered. (,y Warrant under his Hand and Seal bearing date the Twenty Eighth day 
of April last past order and direct Us to devise grant and assign such Arms and Crest 
accordingly: Ivnow ye therefore that We the said Garter and Clarenceux in pursuance of 



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the Consent of the said Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, and by Virtue of the Letters Patent 
of Our Several Offices to each of Us respectively granted under the Great Seal of Great 
Britain, have devised for and do by these Presents grant and assign unto the said John 
Hockin the Arms following, that is to say Per Fess Wavy Gules and Azure, a Lyon passant 
guardant Or, beneath his Feet a Musket lying horizontally Proper, and semy of Fleurs de 
Lis confusedly dispersed of the Third, And for the Crest On a Wreath of the Colours a 
Rock therefrom a Sea GuU rising Proper, with this Motto HOC IN LOCO DEUS RUPES, 
as the same are in the margin hereof, more plainly depicted; to be borne & used for Ever 
hereafter by him the said John Hockin, and his Descendants, and by the Descendants of 
his Father Thomas Hockin, his Brothers and their Descendants, with their due and proper 
Differences according to the ancient Practice and Custom of Arms, without the Let or In- 
terruption of any Person or Persons whatsoever: In Witness whereof We the said Garter 
and Clarenceux Kings of Arms have to these Presents subscribed Our Names and affixed 
the Seals of our several Offices this seventh Day of May, in the fourth year of the Reign 
of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God King of Great Britain 
France and Ireland Defender of the Faith, &c.: and in the year of our Lord one Thousand 
Seven Hundred and Sixty four. 

Martin Leake, Garter Charles Towni.ey, Clarenceux 

Principal King of Arms King oj Arms. 

A correct copy 

W. A. Lindsay (Windsor Herald) 
24 Feb. 1905. 



Cbc 33etJigree 



3Siingl)on(^ouHi 



Arms: Quarterly; 1 and 4, argent, a chevron sable between three magpies 
proper (Kingclon); 2 and 3, per jess, loavy, gules and azure, a lion pas- 
sant guardant or, beneath his feet a musket lying horizontally proper, and 
semy of fleurs-de-lis, confusedly dispersed, of the third (Hockin). 

Crest: An eagle, displayed, with two necks and heads, sable. 

Motto: Regis donum gratuni bonum. 



Kyngdon of Trehunsey, Quethiock, co. Cornwall, England; 
the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries.' 



flourished in 



Roger Kyngdon of Trehunsey, Esquire, died 3 March 1462-3;^= Joanna 
commemorated by an ancient monumental brass in Quethiock 
Church erected to his memory, that of his wife, Joanna, eleven 
sons, and five daughters, with four armorial shields, one bearing 
the Kingdon arms, Argent, a chevron sable between three magpies 
proper.'^ 



John Kingdon of Coleridge, co. Devon, England, Esquire;- 
buried at Coleridge 12 Jan. 1596.= Will proved 3 Feb. 
1596-7. 



■Joanc, buried at 
Coleridge 15 
Sept. 1601.' 



Chris- 
topher 
King- 
don, 
bp. 
at 

Cole- 
ridge 
24 May 
1564.' 



John Kingdon of^ 
East Lee, Gentle- 
man; bapt. at Cole- 
ridge 12 Mar. 1572,' 
bur. there 25 Jan. 
1671 as " John King- 
don, Senior, Gent of 
East Lee.'" Will 
proved 4 May 1672.'' 



= Agnes, 
buried 
at 

Cole- 
ridge, 
3 June 
16S1.' 



Richard Ivingdon, 
bp. at Coleridge, 
20 Oct. 1575.' 

Abraham King- 
don, bp. at Cole- 
ridge 1 May 1580.' 

Joane, bp. at 
Coleridge 29 Feb. 
1567.' 



Jane, bp. at Cole- 
ridge 25 Feb. 
1569.' 



Mary, bp. at 
Coleridge 2 Mar. 
1577.' 



Phillippa, bp. at 
Coleridge 21 
May 15S5.' 



Christopher Kingdon, bapt. Roger Kingdon of Nimet Elizabeth, bp. at Cole- 
at Coleridge 20 July 1634;' Rowland, Devon; bp. at ridge 5 June 1631.' 

Coleridge 1 Mar. 1640-1;' 

bur. there 11 Jan. 1685.' 

Will dated 4 Jan., proved 

10 Mar. 1685." 



bur. there 6 Aug. 1635.' 
Richard 



Kingdon, bp. at 
Coleridge, 23 April 1637;' 
bur. there 8 Jan. 1673.' 

A 



Mary, bp. at Coleridge 
21 Dec. 1643;' mar. 
there Simon Cum- 
mings 27 Jan. 1669.' 



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John Kingdon of East Lee, Gentleman, bapt. ; 
at Coleridge, 5 Feb. 1623;' overseer of will of 
his brother Roger;" bur. at Coleridge 2 Apr. 
1691 as "John Kingdon of East Lee Gent.'" 
Will proved 4 July 1691.^ 



Jane, dau. of . . . 
Rowe; mar. at Cole- 
ridge 1 Dec. 1664;' re- 
married there to Thomas 
Pook 14 March 1696.' 



Christopher King- John Kingdon of East Lee,: 

don, bapt. at Cole- Gentleman, bapt. at Cole- 

ridge 20 Nov. ridge 12 July, 1676;' bur. 

1665;' bur. there there 1 Aug. 1710 as "John 

21 Aug. 1685.' Kingdon Gent." ' 



:Mary dau. of=John Vickery, 
. . . Pook ; Curate of Cole- 
mar.atCole- ridge; mar. 
ridge, 10 there 3 Apr. 
Jan. 1694.' 1713.' 2d hus. 



Christopher 
Kingdon 
bp. at Cole- 
ridge 2 3 
Nov. 1697;' 
bur. there 22 
July 1779.' 



John King- 
don, bp. at 
Coleridge 29 
Oct. 1701.' 



Roger Kingdon of^ 
Bridgerule, co. Devon, 
Gentleman; bp. at 
Coleridge 20 Sept. 
1704;' churchwarden 
of the parish church 
at Hols worthy 1750, 
1751;' bur. at Bridge- 
rule 1 Dec. 1778 as 
"son of John King- 
don of East Lee in 
parish of Coleridge, 
Gent.'"* 



: Judith, dau. of 
John Cory of 
Holsworthy ; ' 
mar. there 18 
June 1733;" bur. 
at Bridgerule 
17 Aug. 1780.' 
Will dated 22 
Feb. 1779 (codi- 
cil undated), 
proved 23 Oct. 
1780." 



Richard Kingdon, 
bp. at Coleridge, 
6 May 1707.' 



Thomas Kingdon, 
bp. at Coleridge 
6 . . . 1709.' 



Mary, bp. at Cole- 
ridge 23 Nov. 
1697;' mar. there 
Henry Reed 21 
Feb. "l720.' 



Rev. J o h n- 
Kingdon of 
Bridgerule 
and Py- 
worthy , co. 
Devon, bp. at 
Holsworthy 
24 Nov. 1735;' 
A.M. Oxford 
21 April 
1762;'" 40 
years Vicar 
of Bridgerule 
and 27 years 
Rector of Py- 
worthy;" 



Jane, dau. 
and heiress 
of Rev. 
John 
Hockin, 
patron and 
Vicar of 
Okehamp- 
t o n and 
Rector of 
Lydford; " 
m. 1765'° 
or 1766.'2 
Arms: Per 
jess, wavy, 
gules and 



Roger King- 
don, bp. at 
Hols worthy 
8 Apr. 1746;' 
bur. 12 Sept. 
1753.' 



Judith, bp. at 
Holsworthy 24 
Aug. 1738;' m. 
John Dennis, 
Esq. of Exeter, 



Mary, mar. Dan- 
iel Hewett, Esq. 
23 June 1763;'' 
2d]y, William 
Doble, Esq. 27 



4 May 1763.'' Apr. 1773." 



Richard Kingdon of: 
Holsworthy, co. De- 
von, Esq., bp. at Hols- 
worthy 11 Apr. 1741 ;" 
Magistrate for co. De- 
von;' bur. at Hols- 
worthy 16 Dec. 
1816.'« 

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: Rebecca, dau. of Rev. 
George Bough ton, of the 
Boughtons of Lawford 
Hall, CO. Warwick;'" 
mar. 1770; '"bur. at Hols- 
worthy 17 May 1838.=' 
Arms: Sable, three cres- 
ecnts or.'^ 



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magistrate for 
the counties 
of Devon and 
Corn wall;" 
patron of the 
advowsons of 
Bridgerule, 
Py worthy 
and Hols- 
worthy, CO. 
Devon, and of 
Whitostone 
and Marham- 
church, CO. 
Cornwall;'^ 
died 25 March 
1808." 



azure, a 
lion pas- 
sant guar- 
dant or, be- 
neath his 
feet a mus- 
ket lying 
horizontal- 
ly proper, 
and seniy 
of fleurs- 
de-lis, con- 
fusedly dis- 
persed, of 
the third}^ 



Rev. Roger Kingdon 
of Gascoigne Place, 
Plymouth ; ' bp. at Hols- 
worthy 10 Aug. 1773.-- 



George Boughton King- 
don of Launcells, Esq.;' 
bp. at Holsworthy 11 

May 1775." 



John Kingdon, bp. 5 
Jan. 1779;" bur. 10 Mar. 
1780.=' 



Dennis Kingdon, bp. 6 
June 1780."" 



Rev. John Kingdon, 
Rector of Marham- 
church and White- 
stone, CO. Cornwall.^' 



Richard Kingdon of 
Lostwithiel, co. Corn- 
wall, M.D.;' bp. 28 

May 1782." 



Cory Kingdon of 
Broomhill and Pong- 
hill, CO. Cornwall;' 
bp. 13 May 1787.'* 

Judith, bp. 3 June 
1777;" mar. John 
Braddon, Esq.'^ 

Mary, bp. 11 May 
1784;" m. Richard 
Kingdon, Esq.'" 



Rev. Thomas Hockin 
Kingdon, Rector of 
Py worthy. =' 



Charles Kingdon, 
Esq.'' 

Richard Kingdon, 
Esq." 



Francis Kingdon, 
Esq." 



Captain Christopher 
Kingdon. '° 



Major Dennis Kingdon." 

Elizabeth, m. Capt. Usher- 
wood, R. N." 

Bridget, bp. at Holsworthy 
21 July 1767;'" m. John 
Braddon, Esq." 



Griselda Jewel, ob. s. p.' 



Rev. Roger Kingdon, 2d son; patron and Rector of Hols-- 
worthy, co. Devon;" died 20 Nov. 1857." Will dated 9 
March 1852; codicil added 30 March 1855; proved 2 Dec. 
1857." 



:T h o m a s i n e 
Ware of Dol- 
tan, CO. De- 
von.'^ 



Richard Kingdon, Esq., 
executor and trustee of 
his father's will." 



Rev. John Kingdon, 
legatee of his father." 



Francis Amelia, wife of 
Henry Gilbert Cory, lega- 
tee of her father. '' 



Frederick Kingdon, 
Esq., executor and trus- 
tee of his father's will." 



Dennis Kingdon, lega- 
tee of his father.'' 



Jane, legatee of her 
father.'' 



Charles Kingdon, Esq., 
legatee of his father." 



Eliza, wife of Samuel 
Fry, legatee of her 
father." 



Sophie Herring, legatee 
of her father." 

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Roger Kingdon of Holsworthy and ■ 
Torrington, co. Devon, M.D. ; lega- 
tee under his father's will.^^ 



: Catherine Youden ;'* 
mar. 1831;'' died 
1852." 



Emily, lega- 
tee of her 
father.'^" 



William 
Kingdon, 
Esq., born 
at Torring- 
ton in 
1832;" 
died 1868." 



Charles Kingdon of^ 
Torrington and Hols- 
worthy, CO. Devon, 
and Brooklyn, New 
York, Esq.; b. at Tor- 
rington in 1834;" d. 
in Brooklyn, N. Y.'' 



:Mary, dau. of Walter Martha, 

Robert Carter, Esq.; living un- 

b. at Benwell, near married 

Newcastle, Eng., 19 Oct. in London 

1844;^ living in Lake- in this 

wood, N. J., in this year year 1906. 
1906.'' 



Mary Cather- 
ine, died in 
infancy. 



Emily 
Margaret, 
died in in- 
fancy. 



Edith Maughan: 
Kingdon; mar. 
14 Sept. 1886;'" 
living in this 
year 1906. 



George Jay Gould of New 
York City and Lakewood, 
N. J., Esq. ; b. in New York 
6 Feb., 1864;" Uving in 
this year 1906. 



Kingdon 
Gould, b. 
15 Aug. 
1887;" liv- 
ing in this 
year 1906. 



Jay Gould, 
b. 1 Sept. 
1888;" liv- 
ing in this 
year 1906. 



Mar jorie, 
b. 11 Sept. 
1890;" liv- 
ing in this 
year 1906. 



Vivien, b. 
2 May 
1892;'» liv- 
ing in this 
year 1906. 



George Jay 
Gould, Jr., 
b. 28 Mar. 
1896;" liv- 
ing in this 
year 1906. 



Edith C, 
b. 3 Aug. 
1901;" 
living in 
this year 
1906. 



Gloria, b. 3 March 1906." 



3lut|)oritie0 



AUTHORITIES 

1. John Burke, History o] The CommoncTs oj Great Britain, 1830, vol. ii. pages 211-1.3, 
"Kingdon of Launcells. " 

2. "The Kingdons are an old and respectable family of the counties of Cornwall and 
Devon. Their most ancient residence of which there is now an authentic account was at 
Trehunsey, in the parish of Quithiock, Cornwall, where they flourished in the 12th, 13th, 
14th and 15th centuries. In the parish church at Quithiock is a cross aisle, on the southern 
side, belonging to the ancient mansion and manor of Trehunsey, with the family vault 
imderneath, near which stands an antique marble monument on which are the brass 
effigies of Roger Kingdon (who died a.d. 1402), Joanna, his wife, and fifteen children, 
viz., ten sons and five daughters, with four shields of arms, and the following inscription: 
'Hie jacent Rogerus Kyngdon, Joanna, uxor ejus, fillii, filiai-que, ac omnes progenitores 
eorum. Qui obiit tertio die mensis Marcii Ao. Dni. Meccclxij: Quorum animabus pro- 
pitietur Jesus, Amen.' The arms of Kingdon — Arg. a chev. sa. between three magpies 
ppr. appear on one of the shields. The younger sons of this numerous family dispersed 
and branched forth into several parishes in the coimties of Cornwall and Devon." — Ibid. 
Captain T. Donald Tod of New York informs us that Mrs. Charles Kingdon of Lakewood, 
N. J., has a copy on parchment made directly from the (Juethiock monument which states 
that Roger Kyngdon had eleven sons and five daughters, instead of ten sons and five 
daughters as stated by Burke. In a letter to The Genealogical Department of THE 
GRAFTON PRESS dated 10 February 1905 Rev. J. Augustus Wix, Vicar of Quithiock, 
Liskeard, Cornwall, speaks of the monument as "the large brass in the floor," and declares 
that "there is no old marble monument." He adds: "The arms' brasses have disappeared 
— how or where I do not know." 

3. Coleridge Parish Register, on the authority of Reginald M. Glencross, Esq. 

4. Wills, Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, co. Devon, on the authority of Reginald M. 
Glencross, Esq. 

5. "29 (sic) Feb. 1507," says Mr. Glencross, citing the Coleridge Parish Register, which 
also records the marriage of Joane Kingdon and Peter Glade 5 Oct. 1594. 

6. Wills, Princ. Reg. Exeter, on the authority of Reginald M. Glencross, Esq. 

7. Extracts from Parish Register oj Holsworthy, co. Devon, known as "Number Two 
Book" made for The Genealogical Department of THE GRArTON PRESS m January 
1905 by Rev. T. S. Kendall, Rector of Holsworthy. See note 17. 

8. Bridgerule Parish Register, on the authority of Reginald M. Glencross, Esq. On 
the church wall of St. Bridgets, Bridgerule, Devon, there is a white marble tablet in memory 
of Roger Kingdon and his wife Judith. A copy of this, in the possession of Mrs. Charles 
Kingdon of Lakewood, N. J., as communicated to The Genealogical Department of THE 
GUAI<TON PRESS 2 February 1905 by Captain T. Donald Tod, reads: "In memory of 

Roger Kingdon, of this parish, Gent, son of John Kingdon of East died Novbr. 27th 

1772 aged 74. Also his wife Judith, daughter of John Cory of Holsworthy, mercer, who 
died Octbr 15th 1780. Their social virtues of Hospitality, Beneficence, and exemplary 
lives created real respect, and their departure has occasioned real sorrow." While the 
above gives the date of death of Roger Kingdon as 27 Nov. 1772, Mr. Glencross cites the 
Bridgeride Register for his burial in 177S. Mr. Glencross is no doubt right. If Roger 
Kingdon was bom in 1704 (Coleridge Register), and died at the age of 74 (Tablet), his death 
must have occurred in 1778. Again, Mr. Glencross says that Judith was buried 17 Aug. 
1780, while the tablet inscription as just quoted gives the date of her death as 15 Oct. 

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1780. A note accompanying the copy states, however, that when examined the tablet 
was "much discolored by time and rendered rather Indistinct." 

9. Parish Register oj Hohwurthy, No. 2 Book, on the authority of Reginald M. Glencross, 
Esq., and of Rev. T. S. Kendall, Rector. The latter furnishes the following extract, 
under "Marriages": " 1773, June 18th. Mr. Roger Kingdon and Mrs. Judith Cory. Tho. 
Warren Curate." 

10. "John Kingdon (s. Roger, by Judith d. of John Cory), bom Holsworthy 1735, 
sojourner 27 Oct. 1755 to 6 July 1759, M. 29 Oct. 1755 age 19, Dev. 1760, vac. 1765 by 
m. Jane d. of John Hockin V. of Okehampton; B. A. 13 June 1759, M. A. 21 Ap. 1762 V. 
of Bridgerule, Devon (to which he annexed the great tithes) and R. of Pyworthy 1781 
— both livings in his own gift; d. Bridgerule 25 Mch 1808; Lake Iv. 320, Lysons' Devon 
71, 425, Coll Corn. 460, Athenaeum ed. Dr. Aiken, 1808 iii. 491." — C. W. Boase, Registrum 
Colegii Exoniensis. Register oj the Rectors, Fellows, and Other Members on the Foundation 
of Exeter College, Oxford, new ed., 1894, p. 148. 

11. "In Memory of John Kingdon A.M.; formerly Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford; 
forty years Vicar of this parish and 27 years Rector of Pyworthy; a Magistrate for the 
counties of Devon and Cornwall; in each of which respective situations he acted with 
integrity and zeal, and died March 25th 1808, aged 75 years. Also of Jane his wife, who 
eminently shone in the discharge of every conjugal and maternal duty; aged 62."^ — In- 
scription on marble tablet inside of the church of St. Bridgets, Bridgerule, Devon, from copy 
in possession of Mrs. Charles Kingdon communicated to The Genealogical Department of 
THE GRAFTON PRESS. See also the following note. 

12. "Roger Kingdon, (son of Roger Kingdon, esq. descended from one of the sons of 
the Trehunsey family) settled at Holsworthy in the county of Devon, about the year 
1730, and engaged in commerce. He to. in 1733, Judith, daughter of John Cory, esq., and 
had issue, I John, in holy orders, an active magistrate for the counties of Cornwall and 
Devon, and patron of the advowsons of the parishes of Bridgerule, Pyworthy, and Hols- 
worthy, in the west of Devon, and of Whitstone and Marhamchurch, in the north of Corn- 
wall. He TO. in 1766, Jane, daughter of the Rev. John Hockin, patron and vicar of 
Okehampton, and rector of Lydford, both in Devonshire, and chaplain to George, Lord 
Littleton." — John Burke, Commoners, 1836, ii., pp. 211-13. Burke was in error, however, 
in asserting that the grandfather of Rev. John Kingdon was Roger Kingdon. The father 
of Rev. John Kingdon, Roger Kingdon of Holsworthy, was the son of John Kingdon of 
East Lee, Coleridge, co. Devon. See pedigree above and note 8. 

13. See note on the arms. 

14. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from the Holsworthy Parish Register, 
No. 3 Book, p. 12: "The year 1763. No. 37. John Dennis Gent, of the parish of St. 
Martins in the city of Exeter and Judith Kingdon Spinster of this parish were married 
in this church by Licence the fourth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred 
and sixty three by me John Kingdon Minister. 

"This marriage was John Dennis 

solemnized between us Jud"""'* Kingdon, 

in the presence of 

"Richard Kingdon, 
"Samuel Cory." 

15. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from the same page of the volume con- 
taining the preceding item: "No. 39. Daniel Hevvett of this parish, Gent, and Mary 
Kingdon of this parish Spinster were married in this church by Licence this twenty-third 
day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty three by me, Samuel Cory 
Minister. 

"This marriage was Danl. Hewett, 

solemnized between us Maky Kingdon. 

in the presence of 

"Parm. Peerce, 

"WiLLM. ACUTT." 



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16. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from page 31 of the volume containing 
the preceding item: "No. 95. William Doble of this parish gentleman single man and 
Mary Hewett of this parish widow were married in this church by Licence this twenty 
seventh day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy three by me 
Owen Lewis Mayrick Rector. 

"This marriage was Wm. Doble, 

solemnized between us Mary Hewett. 

in the presence of 

"Ann Bayly 
"John Yeo." 

17. Rev. T. S. Kendall sends to The Genealogical Department of THE GRAFTON 
PRESS the following extracts from the Parish Register of Holsworthy, No. 2 Book : 

"Christenings 
"1735. Nov. 24rt, John, son of Roger and Judith Kingdon. 
"1738. August 24lh Judith daughter of Roger and Judith Kingdon. 
" 1741. April llth Richard son of Roger and Judith Kingdon. 
" 1746. April Sth Roger son of Mr. Roger and Judith Kingdon." 

18. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from among "burials" on page 3 of the 
Parish Register Book oj Holsworthy still in use in January 1905: "No. 63. Richard Kingdon 
Town of Holsworthy Dec. 16th 1816. 75 years 10 months. Thos. Mayrick." 

19. Burke, Commoners, as cited above. Burke refers to Rebecca's father, Rev. George 
Boughton, in a footnote as follows: "This gentleman m. in 1743 Mary, daughter of Rev. 
John Herring, of Beckleigh, cousin to his grace Thomas Herring, Archl)ishop of Canterbury. 
The Boughton family has two coats of arms, viz.: on the ancient shield, sa. three crescents 
or; secondly, by patent from King Henry VIIL, arg. on a chev. between three crosslets 
botonn^ fitchy, sa. three stags' heads caboshed or, on a chief gu. a goat passant of the field." 

20. Ibid. 

21. From "burials," page 73 of the Parish Register Book of Holsworthy now in use, 
Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following: "No. 578. Rebecca Kingdon from Stratton 
May 17(^ 1838 95 years. R. Kingdon Rector." Her son, George Boughton Kingdon, 
Esq., was of Launcells House, near Stratton, Cornwall. 

22. Rev. T. S. Kendall sends the following from the Holsworthy Parish Register, No. 
2 Book : 

"Christenings 

"1773. August \Oth Roger son of Richard and Retecca Kingdon. 

"1775. May lUh George Boughton son of Richard Kingdon and Rebecca his wife 
Owen Lewis Meybrick Rector. 

"1777. June 3rd Judith dau. of Richard and Rebecca Kingdon. 

"1779. Jan. 5th John son of Richard Kingdon and Rebecca his wife (bom Sept. 
5th 1778). 

"1780. June &h Dennis son of Richard and Rebecca Kingdon. 

"1782. May 28th Richard son of Richard and Rebecca Kingdon. 

"1784. May llth Mary Dau. of Richd. and Retecca Kingdon." 

Burke in his pedigree of "Kingdon of Launcell's {Commortcrs, ii., 1836, pp. 211-13) 
gives all of the above children except the sons, John and Dennis. He also shows (as does 
the above pedigree based upon the Holsworthy Parish Register) that George Boughton 
Kingdon of Launcells, Esq., was the nephew of Rev. John Kingdon, Vicar of Bridgerule 
and Rector of Pyworthy. The importance of this appears in the note on the arms. 

23. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following, which appears under "burials" in the 
Holsworthy Parish Regtster, No. 2 Book: "1780. March 10th John son of Richard and 
Rebecca Kingdon." 

24. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from the Holsworthy Parish Register, 
No. 3 Book : " Baptized in the year 1787 May 13th Cory son of Richard and Rebecca King- 
don (Priv.) Reed, into Church Oct. ye 7th next following." 



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25. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from the Ifohworlhy Parish Register, 
No. 5 Buok: "John Braddon Esquire of the parish of Bridgcrule in the County of Cornwall 
widower and Judith Kingdon of this parish Spinster were married in this church by License 
this 29th day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and five by me. O. L. Mey- 
rick Rector. 

"This marriage was Jno. Braddon 

solemnized between us Judith Kinodon 

iu the presence of 

"RlCHD. HOSKIN 

"G. B. Kingdon." 

26. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from the Holsworthy Parish Register, 
No. (5 Book, p.age 10: "No. 30 Richard Kingdon Esq. of the parish of St. Martyn Exeter 
and Mary Kingdon of this parish of Holsworthy Spinster Daughter of Richard Kingdon 
of Holsworthy Esquire were married in this church Ijy License this fifth day of June in the 
year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen by me Rogr. Kingdon Clerk. 

"This marriage was Richard Kingdon 

solemnized between us Mary Kingdon 

in the presence of 

"Thos. Kingdon Vicar of Bridgerule 
"G. B. Kingdon of Stratton Cornwall." 

27. Burke's Commoners in 183G gave the following account of the children of Rev. 
John Kingdon and Jane Hockin: 

"1. John, in holy orders, patron and rector of the pari.shes of Marhamchurch and 
Whitstone, in the hundred of Stratton, and county of Cornwall, in the commission of the 
peace for that shire, m. Miss Marsh, sister-in-law to Richard Preston, Esq., barrister-at- 
law, the eminent conveyancer, and has several children, one of whom, the Rev. William 
Kingdon, married Miss Hawker, daughter of the Rev. Jacob Hawker, vicar of Stratton, 
son of the late Rev. Dr. Hawker, D.D., of Plymouth. 

"2. Roger, in holy orders, patron and rector of the extensive parish of Holsworthy, 
in the west of Devon, m. the widow of the Rev. Leonard Herring, and has several children, 
of whom one, the Rev. John Kingdon, is vicar of North Petherwin, in Devonshire. 

"3. Richard, m. his first cousin, Mary, daughter of the late Richard Kingdon, Esq., 
and has issue. 

"4. Thomas Hockin, in holy orders, a magistrate for the counties of Cornwall and 
Devon. This gentleman is patron and rector of Pyworthy, in the west of Devon. He 
7)1. Miss Nicholson, daughter of Samuel Nicholson, Esq., late of Ham, and sister of George 
Nicholson, Esq., liarrister-at-law, and has, with junior issue, a son, the Rev. Samuel King- 
don, of Cambridge. 

"5. Francis, m. Miss Palmer, daughter of the late very Rev. Dr. Palmer, dean of 
Cashcll, and has several children. 

"6. Dennis, late major in the 80th Regiment, m. Miss Herring, only child of the late 
Rev. Leonard Herring. 

"1. Elizalioth Dennis, m. to Captain Usherwood, R.N." 

28. Charles Kingdon is not named by Burke among the sons of Rev. John and Jane 
(Hockin) Kingdon. A marlile tablet inside the church of St. Bridgets, Bridgcrule, however, 
bears the following: "Sacred to the memory of Charles Kingdon, E.sqr. of this pari.sh, 
son of John Kingdon, vicar of this parish, and Jane his wife, who died suddenly on the 
\7th of March 1850, aged 59, and was buried underneath this spot." 

29. "Christopher Kingdon Captain in the 21si Regiment of Native Infantry, on the 
Madras station in India, died June 10/^ 1816, at the age of thirty." — Brass slab in St. 
Bridgets, Bridgcrule, co. Devon. 

30. "Christenings. 1767. July 2\st Bridget, Daughter of the Rev. John Kingdon 
and Jane his wife." — Furnished by Rev. T. S. Kendall from Holsworthy Parish Register, 
No. 2 Book. 

31. "Griselda Jewel Kingdon was drowned by an inundatione at Bridgerule bridge 



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June lOlh 1786 in the fifth year of her age. Bridget, wife of John Rraddon of Newcott 
Esqr. died August 27lh 1802, aged 35, bo(h daughters of Revd. John Kingdon and Jane 
his wife." — Marble tablet, St. Bridgets, Bridgertile. 

32. A complete copy of the will of Rev. Roger Kingdon, extracted from the District 
Registry attached to the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice at Exeter, co. 
Devon, has been before The Genealogical Department of THE GRAFTON PRESS in 
compihng the above pedigree. The will is dated 9 March 1852, with a codicil dated 30 
March 1855, and was proved 2 Dec. 1857. The document is endorsed: "Testator died 
20th November 1857. Effects sworn under £6,000." 

33. Upon the authority of her granddaughter. Miss Martha Kingdon, living in London, 
England, in 1906. Burke (see note 27) says, "the widow of the Rev. Leonard Herring." 
If both are correct, and Rev. Roger Kingdon was not twice married, his wife's maiden 
name was Thomasine Ware, and her first husband Rev. Leonard Herring. 

34. Upon the authority of Miss Martha Kingdon of London. 

35. Upon the authority of Mrs. Charles Kingdon of Lakewood, N. J. 

36. Furnished by Captain T. Donald Tod of New York City. 



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